STROMA • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Stroma

... occurs very gradually. Peuch found that in one case the ovaries were of normal size three years after the establishment of the menopause. Kiwisch describes the structural change in this gland as consisting, on the one hand, of an increase of the connective-tissue stroma; and, on the other hand, the Graafian vesicles themselves undergo retrograde change. In consequence of these microscopic changes, which take place very slowly, the entire organ ...

— The Four Epochs of Woman's Life • Anna M. Galbraith